Several DFP alums are in Las Cruces, New Mexico for a busy week of film screenings and panel presentations at the 72ndannual University Film and Video Association conference, Stories Without Borders, hosted by New Mexico State University. S.J. Wright (MFA ’18) and Dominic Silva (MFA […]
Our favorite night of the year is almost here! The DFP will host a screening of MA and MFA thesis films on Friday, May 18. The event will feature two short films by MA in Sports Media and Storytelling students and 4 films produced by […]
It’s official! Deacs & Docs is on iTunes! Hosted by current DFP students Trey Kalny and Thomas Espy, Deacs & Docs is the official Wake Forest University Documentary Film Program Podcast! The duo have a recorded a series of entertaining and informative conversations with our student […]
We are beyond proud of Cameron Bargerstock Mullenneaux (MFA ’14) and thrilled to congratulate her on the world premiere of her film Exit Music at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on Friday, April 27. Started as her 3rd year MFA film, Exit Music follows […]
We are delighted to share the news that Nick Deel (MFA ’19) is a newly minted 2018 Richter Scholar. The Richter Scholarship program provides funding for students to pursue scholarly and creative work requiring travel. Deel will receive just under $3,000 to fund a […]
Congratulations to John Gallen (MFA ’17) and Alex Faoro (MFA ’17) on a festival win at their festival premiere! Daddy now heads to the SOMA International Film Festival, the San Luis Obispo Film Festival and the Phoenix Film Festival.
Wake Forest University’s Center for Bioethics, Health and Society has awarded SJ Wright and Dominic Silva an outreach and impact grant for their thesis film Original Body of Pain. The film profiles the lived experiences of women and children struggling with the ripples […]
DFP alumna Monica Berra (MFA ’16) co-directed, produced, and edited, Black Colleges in the Age of Trump, released this week by The New York Times Op-Docs. Berra co-directed the Op-Doc with critically acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson. Nelson is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and […]
Congratulations to John Gallen (MFA ’17) and Alex Faoro (MFA’17)! We are delighted to share the news that their film Daddy will make its world premiere as an official selection of the DC Independent Film Festival on February 19th. Daddy tells the story of beloved youth basketball […]
Emmy-nominated producer and editor Inbal Lessner stopped by the DFP this week to share her producing and editing expertise with the students. Lessner, who is serving as a visiting instructor at UNCSA this fall, has worked in non-scripted television, documentary series, documentary feature and […]
